Glock Dual Action Recoil Springs

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I've shot a Glock 17 and 21, but have never owned one. So, I go and trade off my very nice and dependable Ruger 345 and buy a Glock 21 to replace it for my mandatory 1 autoloader in .45 auto.

I bought it off of the EE for a great price. Picked it up the other day and got her home to take it apart.

Know I know why some "experienced" shooters complain about flinching when they shoot plastic. I took it apart and to my horror found a PLASTIC GUIDE ROD. What the $*#&!!!. I should have never taken it apart.

Now I'm off to source a stainless guide rod, extended mag release, extended slide stop and a plug to cover the hole in the base of the grip.

CAN ANYONE SPEAK TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE....

Glock 21, 45 ACP Dual Action Recoil Spring/Stainless Steel

Softens Felt Recoil, Reduces Frame Damage. Easy, drop-in installation requires no alterations to gun.
Price: $64.99

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Thanks
 
targettarget said:
I've shot a Glock 17 and 21, but have never owned one. So, I go and trade off my very nice and dependable Ruger 345 and buy a Glock 21 to replace it for my mandatory 1 autoloader in .45 auto.

I bought it off of the EE for a great price. Picked it up the other day and got her home to take it apart.

Know I know why some "experienced" shooters complain about flinching when they shoot plastic. I took it apart and to my horror found a PLASTIC GUIDE ROD. What the $*#&!!!. I should have never taken it apart.

Now I'm off to source a stainless guide rod, extended mag release, extended slide stop and a plug to cover the hole in the base of the grip.

CAN ANYONE SPEAK TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE....



Glock 21, 45 ACP Dual Action Recoil Spring/Stainless Steel

Softens Felt Recoil, Reduces Frame Damage. Easy, drop-in installation requires no alterations to gun.
Price: $64.99

DUAL_ACTION_SPRING_lg.jpg


Thanks
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Trust me, plastic guard rod work just the same but steel rod looks better for sure. My CZ and G17 has plastice guard rod too.

Trigun
 
If you change your rod go with a one piece from someone like Lone Wolff distributors. The "recoil reducing" rods or any other non factory look alikes will cause nothing but problems. 45 has no recoil, there is no need for a wizzy rod. Increase your spring weight if you're looking for a smoother recoil impulse. I run a 20 pound spring in my G17. Factory springs for all the full size glocks are 17 pounds. The compact and sub-compact guns run 18 pound springs. Personally, for anything larger than 9mm those weights are too light. I don't buy the belief that a 40 or a 357SIG require the same spring as a 9mm.

TDC
 
TDC said:
I don't buy the belief that a 40 or a 357SIG require the same spring as a 9mm.

TDC
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Tru that, +1.
Trigun, the stainless guide rods are the way to go for aftermarket
rods along with heavier springs. If for some reason you have
trouble finding one I can machine a captive one for you. I've made
them for all my auto's (Sig's & Glocks) OEM Sig's are steel, but hollow.
FYI
 
FWIW the plastic guide rod is fine. I have a 17 and 35 with no prblems with the tupperware rod.

If you swap it out to steel, and you shoot IPSC, you cannot shoot it in Production.
 
Aftermarket s/s guiderods for Glocks are another fallicy. They are no better functionally than the original OEM guiderod. There is numerous comments re this on the web in various forums. Bottom line is do what you want but it is of no real benefit other than a personal feeling of security of steel vs plastic.
Cheers:)
dB
 
It's similiar in design to a sprinco or a Recoil Master...

So...I'm sure they would be as effective in a glock as similiar devices (sprinco / recoil masters) are in other pistols...and that pretty much somes down to personal taste...

I love the recoil master in my open gun...I hated it in my standard gun...and opted for something more convetional.
 
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There's nothing wrong with the OEM plastic rod, your gun will function fine with it.

That said, I've bought Wolff springs for all my Glocks because I like a heavier spring, which necessitated buying their steel spring guides. They're great, I haven't had any problems with them. Available at gunsprings.com and they ship to Canada as long as the order total is less than $100.
 
Much appreciated advice, gentlemen.

I still can't get over the fact that it's plastic. Even my XD has a steel guide rod. Like, I said, I've shot them......The Glocks that is, but never taken one apart.

I don't shoot IPSC, so I'm not worried about production VS modified (or is it open?).

I found (on eBay none the less) a guy that sells extended mag releases, and he's in Canada. Gotta like that.
 
targettarget said:
Much appreciated advice, gentlemen.

I still can't get over the fact that it's plastic. Even my XD has a steel guide rod. Like, I said, I've shot them......The Glocks that is, but never taken one apart.
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Plastic guide rods are no big deal, unlike plastic rails on your Ruger P345, which is a highly questionable design to say the least.

I would suggest staying away from aftermarket recoil buffers. They do very little to reduce felt recoil and are a source of endless reliability issues.
 
Nothing wrong with the plastic guide rod. They work fine.
If you feel the need to change parts the gun will not be IPSC production legal- you would be put into IPSC standard division (not that big a deal).
If that doesn't concern you changing the guide rod can do a couple of things for you;
-First, a steel (or better yet-tungsten) rod will add weight to the front of the gun and that will give less muzzle rise(a minute difference).
-Second, it will allow you to tailor the recoil spring to your load and this is very helpfull if you use light reloads (or really hot ones too). Generally speaking a light target load needs a lighter spring and a max load needs a heavier spring, having the right spring for the load ensures the firearm will cycle and not have a bunch of FTE's and FTF's.
That said, the factory does a great job of building the pistol right the first time, if your only shooting factory ammo you really don't need it.
 
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